Re: Finnish, IE, Germanic

Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> wrote:
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>i was just wondering what people think of these words:
As for Finnish...

>IE *_ghel-_ 'shine'; Finnish _keltainen_ 'yellow'; Greek _Keltoi_
A loan from Baltic.

>IE *_magh-_ 'to be able, to have power'; Finnish _voimakas_ 'strong';
>Hungarian _Magyar_
Voimakas is derived from voima "strength, force", which itself is from voida
"can, be able to".
Try mahti "power" instead. Compare with Germanic Macht, makt, might.

>IE *_math-_ 'worm'; Finnish _mato_ 'worm'
Yes; Germanic loan. I guess the English word maggot is related...?

>Germanic *_jehwla_; Finnish _juhla_ 'celebration, festival, party'
I don't know, but it sounds likely that they are connected.
If *jehwla also is the origin of Swedish jul "Christmas", that was later
borrowed to Finnish again as joulu. :)

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>Robert Wilson (aka Elentirno Perellar aka Kuvazokad)
>http://kuvazokad.free.fr/
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>I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
>I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
I guess this must be Quenya and mean something like "In the beginning, Eru
created the Sky and the Earth...", but why do I keep understanding <I yessessë>
to mean "last year", I wonder...


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